Past Events

This training will: Discuss the stages of development and the existential crises that implies going through difficult times in life. Discuss how to manage external and internal high-risk factors. Provide a space where students can express current situations and discuss possible de-escalating exercises. Discuss how substance abuse may exacerbate the negative inner dialogue, causing confusion and desperation at times.

  Would you like to enhance your current knowledge and also practice how to effectively use Motivational Interviewing (MI)? This series will provide a 20-hour curriculum that covers topics and provides interactive practice opportunities essential to the development and/or refinement of MI skills and relational style. Emphasis is placed on the “intentional use” of MI skills to identify a change goal, resolve ambivalence and increase motivation for change.   OBJECTIVES: Describe the relationship between the process of change, ambivalence and Motivational Interviewing State the reason(s) for choosing and using a specific MI skill at a particular moment Demonstrate evoking Change Talk Discern between intentional and non-directional use of MI skills Conduct a personal assessment and develop an individualized MI Strengths & Growth Opportunities plan   Registration for this series is closed.  

Beginning on September 21, 2022, this monthly 3-session series began hosting a diverse panel of Native Americans to address both personal and collective barriers to living heathier. The panel explores ways to navigate a linear colonial system, in a good way, while maintaining balance, and sharing teachings on helping both ourselves and the Native people.

This presentation will review the philosophy of harm reduction as an intervention for substance use disorder and will examine the trajectory of harm reduction programming in Idaho since the legalization of syringe services in 2019.  A few learning objectives:  Be able to identify multiple forms of harm reduction as it pertains to a variety of potentially risky behaviors. Be able to reframe substance use from a harm reduction model. Be able to identify the benefits of a syringe service program and other harm reduction interventions to an individual and a community. Increase knowledge about the implementation and growth of harm reduction programs in Idaho. About the presenter: Marjorie Wilson, LMSW, MPH, is the Executive Director and co-founder of Idaho Harm Reduction Project (IHRP). IHRP is a drug user health program offering a syringe service program, naloxone distribution program, and HIV/HCV testing. Since 2019, IHRP has served the whole state through its mail-based services and has distributed supplies into all of Idaho's 44 counties.  

  Would you like to enhance your current knowledge and practice on how to effectively use Motivational Interviewing (MI)? This online Enhanced Professional Learning (EPL) interactive series will cover topics and provide interactive practice opportunities essential to the development and/or refinement of MI skills and relational style. Emphasis is placed on the “intentional use” of MI skills to identify a change goal, resolve ambivalence, and increase motivation for change. Registration for this event is closed.  

Various situations and professional perspectives are considered when helping individuals with substance use disorders. As such, counselors are guided by ethical principles based on courage, empathy, humility, and respect. This three-hour interactive training will review the Canon of Ethical Principles for Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselors (CASAC). Topics include definitions, principles, and questions emerging from challenging situations. Content will further discuss the concept of, “do no harm,” and implications for practice. NOTE: As of January 1, 2018, CASACs are required to complete a continuing, 6-hour requirement for OASAS approved ethics training. This training meets 3 of the 6 hours required for CASAC renewal. CREDITS: This training meets approval for 3 renewal hours (CASAC, CPP, CPS) and 3 initial hours (CPP, CPS) through New York State’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS). As an IC & RC member board, OASAS accredited courses are granted reciprocal approval by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Alcohol and Drug Counselor Committee. Many other states offer reciprocity - please check with your accrediting agency. This course is also approved under the ASAP-NYCB Certification Board for CARC Elective & CARC/CRPA CE. Participants are required to attend the ENTIRE session, turn on their video cameras and actively participate in order to receive a Certificate of Completion.

The New England ATTC in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addictions Services is providing a targeted TA workshop titled, “Coming into the Light: Breaking the Stigma of Substance Use Disorders” on 10/19/22 from 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM EST with subject matter expert Taylor D'Addario. Stigma is a major barrier to accessing addiction treatment and recovery support services. This course will provide psychoeducation for professionals in terms of medications for opioid use disorders (MOUD), while deconstructing stigmatizing views that pose barriers to MOUD in the recovery community. This presentation is designed to help professionals break the stigma that creates an unnecessary barrier to treatment by understanding recovery-oriented language and strategies that can be integrated into practice immediately. [This event is private and by invitation only]

The National Alliance on Mental Illness recognizes that current environmental factors are traumatizing people of color, increasing stress and contributing to substance use and other mental and physical health related complications. These factors can also add to provider stress inducing hidden bias and directive communication which often leads to ineffective interactions and client outcomes. Organizations that integrate cultural humility in policies, protocols, and service delivery, tend to provide highest levels of culturally responsive care. This interactive (3 hour) virtual training will review the core components of cultural humility as a person-centered approach, taking a 'concept to application' approach to practice integration. The content also reviews culturally and linguistically appropriate services standards (CLAS) for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB) for organizational wellbeing. Consequently, DEIB supports an inclusive and culturally affirming atmosphere for promoting recovery and wellness for racial, ethnic, and other underserved populations served.   NOTE: This training is a closed event for staff at CPC Behavioral Healthcare.

Research suggests that race and ethnicity are predictors of how services are delivered, and implicit bias is one component that has been identified as influencing the provision of poor care. The elusiveness of unconscious bias underscores provider perception, unwitting use of stigmatic language, and influences assumptions and microaggressions affecting a person's capacity to respond to care. This interactive three-hour training will discuss how cognitive bias develops, is sustained by intrinsic and environmental factors, and contributes to inequitable outcomes for persons of color. The content will also inform on bias reducing techniques and person-centered language approaches that can enhance provider-client interactions and outcomes for marginalized communities.   NOTE: This training is a closed event for staff at CPC Behavioral Healthcare.

This 2-part series will address ethical issues that are likely to be relevant to rural providers. Ethics in a Rural Context: Principles & Decision-Making - Session One The first session, ethical decision-making and boundary management will be emphasized, along with a review of ethical principles that guide the process across service providers.    

The New England ATTC is co-hosting the Recovery Science and Harm Reduction Reading Group meeting on October 13, 2022 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, in partnership with RICARES and Brown University.  This discussion will review the article: Experiences of care among individuals with opioid use disorder-associated endocarditis and their healthcare providers: Results from a qualitative study.

The New England ATTC, in partnership with the Community Care Alliance of Rhode Island is providing targeted TA in “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Substance Use Disorders” on 10/12/22 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with subject matter expert Taylor D'Addario. The goal of this training is to provide educational and practice experiences that will prepare community mental health providers to provide cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) interventions. Participants will review basic concepts of CBT; understand key interventions for CBT (group and individual); recognize the importance of respectful and empowering client engagement in the treatment process; integrate CBT interventions in safe and therapeutic ways throughout the CBT work (treatment plan); and discuss clinical application of CBT as it relates to patient populations as seen in Behavioral Health. [This event is private and by invitation only.]

The New England ATTC, in partnership with the Community Care Alliance is hosting this training on 10/12/22 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with subject matter expert Michele Stewart-Copes and Lisa Conlan Lewis. Wraparound refers to individualized needs planning for individuals and family members experiencing behavioral health issues; and related community obstacles surrounding substance use and mental health. Wraparound is a facilitated team-based practice model designed to integrate natural and professional supports with youth and family members making decisions about their lives. The focus is on parents/family members, children, youth, and young adults impacted by opioid addiction and substance use challenges, with particular attention to culture and community, and a recovery orientation. This training will assess the existing values and practice for holistic strengths-based planning and utilize stated objectives to tailor and adapt practice and individualized skills to supplement the holistic strengths-based wraparound model. The model’s history, principles, team roles, processes, and engagement strategies, and a case study will be reviewed.  [This is a private, specifically tailored technical assistance event]

The New England ATTC in partnership with the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addictions Services is providing targeted RA in "From Behind the Wall & Beyond: Working with Men in the Criminal Justice System" on 10/12/22 from 9:00-3:30 (EST) with subject matter expert Michele Paliotta. Males are born into a society that begins treating them differently than females from birth. This can include a permissible harsh environment and rules that severely curtail emotional expression. This is especially true for men involved in the criminal justice system. Most traditional treatment models were aimed at “breaking men down”, and thus can fail and often re-traumatize men instead of treating them. Male socialization and trauma will be discussed in this workshop for working with men involved in the criminal justice system who seek behavioral health treatment. [This event is private and by invitation only]

Behavioral Health Integration into primary care is an approach that receives nearly universal support as the case for integration has essentially been settled. Primary care needs are often neglected by patients receiving services in traditional behavioral health settings, and patients with mental illness or substance use disorders in primary care offices are frequently left undiagnosed or untreated for their conditions. This session will explore how integration is being used in primary care centers for adults and children.    

Please join us for our virtual talking circle. This group will be facilitated by a Native guest and will focus on concerns about yourself, your family, your work, and/or your tribal community that you may be experiencing during these uncertain times. There is no fee or expectation to participate in this event. This is a respectful meeting space. Come share your concerns, offer support, and respect the group’s privacy. Please note your time zone: 1:30-3 EST . 12:30-2 CST . 11:30-1 MST . 10:30-12 PST . 9:30-11 . AKST

Exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the overdose and addiction crisis has reached a new boiling point in Washington and nationally. The Washington Recovery Alliance is hosting an important conversation and film screening of “Tipping the Pain Scale”, highlighting innovative solutions and change agents in the addiction and recovery world making a difference across the country. Tipping The Pain Scale follows individuals grappling with the current systemic failures of how we have dealt with addiction in communities and their journey to develop and employ new, innovative, and often controversial solutions to the problem.  The film features Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, NFL Pro Bowl Player Darren Waller, Spoken Word Artist and Educator Joseph Green, Washington State Representative Lauren Davis, Community Outreach Volunteer Roz Pichardo, Boston Police Officer Josh De La Rosa, and an original score from Grammy award-winner, Brendan Berry, as well as featuring music from Sia. Washington Recovery Alliance will be holding this Recovery-Month-themed screening at Seattle’s historic Egyptian Theater in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The event will include community resource tables (including one hosted by the Northwest ATTC, a co-sponsor of this event), local dignitaries (Rep. Lauren Davis, Ricky Garcia and Ricky’s mother, from Ricky’s Law) who are featured in the film joining us for a Panel Discussion/Q&A directly following the screening, and the opportunity to connect with your recovery community. Tickets are $10.

Behavioral health and health care settings offer a spectrum of programs including substance use, mental health, and medical and recovery services. Professionals providing these supports use an array of competencies to empathize and assist persons with substance use and other psychosocial problems. Always focused on helping others, professionals can experience challenges in practicing self-care for themselves. This interactive workshop provides an opportunity for providers to review wellness practices and experience the benefits of intentional, micro-structured, self-care interventions. CREDITS: This training meets the requirements for 2 renewal hours (CASAC, CPP, CPS) and 2 initial hours (CPP, CPS) through New York State’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS). As an IC & RC member board, OASAS accredited courses are granted reciprocal approval by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Alcohol and Drug Counselor Committee. Many other states offer reciprocity - please check with your accrediting agency. Participants are required to attend the ENTIRE training, turn on their video cameras and actively participate in order to receive a Certificate of Completion.

When working with Hispanic and Latino populations, clear language should never be a linear process, particularly for a collectivist society that defines and interprets experiences within a cultural context. Latino values such as ‘machismo and personalismo’ can be very insightful, but when defined and understood through an American perspective, we wonder why we feel a ‘disconnect’ with the Hispanic client/patient we need provide behavioral health services to. This interactive presentation will inform on Latino cultural nuances that can reframe communication for Hispanic individuals with substance use and/or mental health problems and discuss prevention strategies to support “recuperación” (recovery). CREDITS: This training meets the requirements for 3 renewal hours (CASAC, CPP, CPS) and 3 initial hours (CPP, CPS) through New York State’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (NYS OASAS). As an IC & RC member board, OASAS accredited courses are granted reciprocal approval by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Alcohol and Drug Counselor Committee. Many other states offer reciprocity - please check with your accrediting agency. Participants are required to attend the ENTIRE training, turn on their video cameras and actively participate in order to receive a Certificate of Completion.

1-2:30 ET . 12-1:30 CT . 11-12:30 MT . 10-11:30 PT . 9-10:30 AKT  

The New England ATTC, in partnership with The Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of Rhode Island is providing targeted TA in "Basic Motivational Interviewing" on 10/5/22 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with subject matter expert Robert Jope. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a client-centered, evidence-based, goal-oriented method for enhancing intrinsic motivation to change by exploring and resolving ambivalence with the individual. This active, skill-building workshop provides participants with knowledge of the spirit, micro skills, and strategies of the model, and provides opportunities to practice the approach. Participants will complete the workshop with a good understanding of MI, and are encouraged to take the Intermediate and Advanced MI workshops to develop proficiency in this method.

This webinar will highlight findings from SAMHSA’s guide titled, Adapting Interventions for Under-resourced Populations, which explores evidence-based, organization-level strategies and promising practices to adapt and evaluate evidence-based practices in culturally humble and effective ways. Following a presentation of the goals and framing of the guide by SAMHSA’s Mary Roary, PhD, Angela Weeks, DBA of The Center of Excellence on LGBTQ+ Behavioral Heath Equity and the guide’s technical expert panel will discuss its development. Rucha Londhe, PhD, Abt Associates, will describe the adaptation process and best practice strategies for cultural adaptation of evidence-based interventions. Representatives from organizations featured in the guide’s case studies will discuss how they have adapted interventions for specific populations. The webinar will close with information about how to access the guide. Click here to view the first webinar in the series hosted by MHTTC. Download the PDF Speaker Bios and Headshots from above.

The Great Lakes A/MH/PTTC is offering this training for individuals working in HHS Region 5: IL, IN, MI, MN, OH, WI. This training is being provided in response to a need identified by Region 5 stakeholders.   DESCRIPTION: Poor employee work performance can have an impact on the quality of client care in substance use disorders treatment. Topics covered in this presentation include the supervisory plan, methods of observation and feedback, helping counselors improve clinical competence, and how to address a decline in work performance.   LEARNING OBJECTIVES: Do a supervisory plan. Help substance use disorders counselors improve clinical skills through observation and feedback. Help counselors improve clinical competence. Address work performance issues.   CONTINUING EDUCATION This training includes 1 NAADAC continuing education credit. CE certificates will be emailed to all participants who attend the training in full.       TRAINER Mark Sanders, LCSW, CADC, is the Illinois State Project Manager for the Great Lakes ATTC, MHTTC, and PTTC. Mark is a published author, trainer, educator, and mentor, as well as the founder of the Online Museum of African American Addictions, Treatment, and Recovery and the co-founder of Serenity Academy of Chicago, the only recovery high school in Illinois. Mark is the 2021 recipient of the NAADAC Enlightenment Award, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the field.

  The New England ATTC, in partnership with The Substance Use and Mental Health Leadership Council of Rhode Island is providing targeted TA in Trauma Integrated Treatment on 10/4/22 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm with subject matter expert Taylor D'Addario. This interactive, experiential targeted TA workshop offers an overview of the impact of trauma on the recovery process from a social, biological, psychological, and spiritual perspective. Attendees will gain an understanding of the conceptual framework of trauma-informed practice, while gaining concrete skills to work with people affected by trauma throughout their recovery.